hi i’m lo(ra) and i’m a designer and artist from los angeles who now lives in toronto! lofi-ghosts started as a zine but is now expanding into my creative online identity.

plagued by mental health issues, many stemming from childhood trauma and unresolved conflicts, i sought solace in my creative outlets. sometimes it was just through journaling and writing out my thoughts. sometimes art. sometimes video games and youtube. but a part of me always wanted to make something that i could share with others. something tangible. something relatable. and so, in the summer of 2024, i decided to make a zine. a culmination of my hobbies: photography, design, weird stuff, sort of fueled by nostalgia of the 90s and 2000s.

something that i talk about throughout my zines is a show called ‘so weird’ which was a disney channel original show back in the late 90s/2000s that was essentially ‘x-files’ for kids. this may sound dramatic, but the show kind of defined me. it’s the inspiration behind my love for the slightly jarring, spooky-adjacent, melancholic atmospheres and liminal spaces. weird stuff basically. and so, suffice to say, it has become a comfort blanket of a show. something i return to over and over again. a constant.

i wanted to create a world where i felt like i could truly belong. merging my love of journaling, art, nostalgia, and coping with mental health, i wanted to make this place feel coherent in some way. being adhd, it’s hard to really pinpoint what i want my art to be. but i think it perfectly describes who i am. chronically unserious but brutally unfiltered. a little silly and a little sad. and mostly, a place of comfort.

I hope you will enjoy being here.

xo, Lo.

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